I read in the June issue about retaining employees in another excellent article by Jessica Alexander (“What You Need to Know to Launch an Employee Retention Program,” June 2020). As owners and managers, we worry about keeping good people. Can you blame someone for trying to improve themselves?
If they leave, would you feel betrayed? Maybe that depends on how the jump was made. One school of thought is that, with every paycheck, the slate with that employee is even. They accepted terms of employment, receiving their pay, and I accepted the work they did.